NCT02257723

The Effect of Integrated CAM Treatment in Hospitalized Patients

The Effect of Integrated CAM Treatment in Patients Hospitalized at a Korean Medicine Hospital

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates the effect of hospital-based intensive non-surgical treatment in musculoskeletal patients admitted to an integrated hospital that offers both complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and conventional medicine treatment.

Detailed description

This study investigates the effect of hospital-based intensive non-surgical treatment in musculoskeletal patients admitted to an integrated hospital that offers both complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and conventional medicine treatment. Inpatients received treatment according to a CAM treatment protocol (herbal medicine, acupuncture, bee venom pharmacopuncture, and Chuna manipulation) and conventional medicine treatment as needed. The main outcome measures were the duration of pain, NRS of back pain, radiating leg pain, neck pain, radiating arm pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, previous surgery, previous interventions (injections), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Vernon-Mior Neck Disability Index, the Korean Western Ontario McMaster Index, Shoulder Pain and Disability Index, range of motion (ROM), Straight leg raise test (SLR), alcohol use, smoking at admission, 2 weeks, and discharge.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Knee Pain
• Shoulder Pain
• Intervertebral Disc Herniation
• Spinal Stenosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Herbal medicine	Herbal medicine was taken 3 times daily in dried powder (2g) and water-base decoction form (120ml) (Ostericum koreanum, Eucommia ulmoides, Acanthopanax sessiliflorus, Achyranthes bidentata, Psoralea corylifolia, Peucedanum japonicum, Cibotium barometz, Lycium chinense, Boschniakia rossica, Cuscuta chinensis, and Atractylodes japonica).
PROCEDURE	Acupuncture	Acupuncture treatment was administered 1-2 times daily using mainly Ah-shi points and local acupuncture points.
PROCEDURE	Pharmacopuncture	Select ingredients similar to those included in the oral herbal medicine (Ostericum koreanum, Eucommia ulmoides, Acanthopanax Sessiliflorus, Achyranthes bidentata, Psoralea corylifolia, Peucedanum japonicum, Cibotium barometz, Lycium chinense, Boschniakia rossica, Cuscuta chinensis, and Atractylodes japonica) were freeze dried into powder form after decoction, then diluted in normal saline and adjusted for acidity and pH to be used in injections. The pharmacopuncture injections were injected once daily to the amount of 1 cc and Ah-shi points and local acupuncture points (CPL, 1 cc, 26G x 1.5 syringe, Shinchang medical co., Korea).
PROCEDURE	Bee venom pharmacopuncture	Bee venom pharmacopuncture was applied after confirming a negative reaction to the hypersensitivity skin test. Diluted bee venom (saline:bee venom ratio, 10,000:1) was injected at 4-5 acupoints at the physician's discretion. Each acupuncture point was injected with approximately 0.2 cc to a total of 0.5-1 cc using disposable injection needles (CPL, 1 cc, 26G x 1.5 syringe, Shinchang medical co., Korea).
PROCEDURE	Chuna manipulation	Chuna was administered 3-5 times a week. Chuna is a Korean version of spinal manipulation that incorporates conventional spinal manipulation techniques for mobilization involving high-velocity, low amplitude thrusts to joints slightly beyond the passive range of motion and gentle force to joints within the passive range of movement.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2030-12-01
• Completion: 2040-12-01
• First posted: 2014-10-06
• Last updated: 2023-09-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea